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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
840 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.
* AT 840 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS
LOCATED 7 NM NORTHWEST OF HILTON HEAD REEF, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...LIFE GUARD REPORTED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE
LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED
IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTING ISLAND REEF, FRIPP ISLAND REEF, FRIPP ISLAND WRECK,
BEAUFORT 45 FEET REEF, BETSY ROSS REEF, FRIPP INLET BUOY, GENERAL
GORDON, SAINT HELENA SOUND, PELICAN BANK, PORT ROYAL SOUND, HILTON
HEAD REEF, EDISTO FORTY REEF, FISH AMERICA, EDISTO SIXTY REEF AND
GASKINS BANK WRECK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3165 8117 3174 8115 3198 8090 3208 8094
3216 8076 3232 8066 3234 8047 3252 8056
3258 8051 3253 8045 3261 8039 3251 8033
3264 8001 3273 7990 3260 7943 3232 7983
3222 8010 3203 8025 3194 8047 3154 8083
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 225DEG 5KT 3209 8069
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
NED
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